I was awakened by the rain in the wee hours of the night. Had a difficult time falling back to sleep. So, I tried to come up with a line in my head and before I knew it, I was adrift back into slumberland.
1 雨滴驚醒半夜夢 Midnight dreams startled awake from raindrops a dripping,
2 窗前月無見雲空 Moonless and cloudless is the sky before the window.
3 寂寞寒聲水音冷 Lonely are the frosty winds and cold is the water a drip,
4 宵盡難寢豈重逢 Slumber still difficult, night is ending, how can we meet again?
3 聲 refers to sounds from the sky and 音 are those from the earth. 寒 - the inherent state of things while 冷 is the lack of heat. For example, 寒宮 and 冷宮are different things even both has the concept of “cold palace”. 寒宮 refers to the name of the lunar palace as the moon is inherently cold. Technically 冷宮 should be translated as “palace of neglect”. The Forbidden City has no such particular place designated as one. It can be anywhere. It just that the emperor no longer visits there.
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